Voting snapshot in South Texas

[RussBLib]

5. A tremendous amount of cross-border trade

If anyone ever totally "shut down the border" there would be real economic disruption and chaos. We employ huge numbers of Mexican Nationals here in the US, especially along the border. They often cross each day to work in the US as housekeepers, yard workers, construction, agriculture. You just cannot find enough Anglos to do all the jobs that need filling.

Here's an absurd case. Tino, a Mexican with a work permit (not an illegal), is a really superior tile man (tiles in showers, floors etc). He was pulled over for speeding recently by the police, the Border Patrol was notified and he was DEPORTED!! Now he cannot get back. (Gov. Abbott has given the Border Patrol authority to deport for practically any reason.) My contractor is powerless to get him back and is scrambling to find another tile guy to replace him.

Now the Border Patrol can deport any Mexican National for the slightest offense. This is total bullshit and a lot of American employers are up in arms about it. So the job we hired them for is suffering.